> Op Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:52:22 +0100 schreef Kynn Jones <[email protected]>: >> My newly-installed Debian system (wheezy) is working fine for the >> most part, except that the login GUI shows up only after I fully shut >> down and re-start the system. Neither running reboot nor running >> logout will result in a login GUI; instead, the display just goes dark, >> and the system appears to hang indefinitely.
Thanks to a helpful hint I got via an email reply, I tried a different monitor (kindly provided by my workplace's IT department). With this other monitor, restart and logout work normally. On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Floris <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you can find some clues in the log messages: > when you logout and the screen stays black switch to > an other terminal with <Ctrl> <Alt> <F1> > login as root and go to /var/log > # cd /var/log > the files "Xorg.0.log" and "messages" are probably > the most interesting to read: > # less Xorg.0.log > (use the arrow keys to scroll up and down. type 'q' > to exit") > # less messages Thanks for these suggestions. I'll keep them for future reference. >> 3. this machine (a new Dell workstation) came with Windows 7 >> pre-installed in its originally sole hard drive (a 500GB 2.5" SATA >> "non-SSD" drive); to this set-up I added a *second* 2.5" internal >> drive (this time a 1TB SSD), and then, I installed Debian (from CD) >> on this newly-added second disk; although my intent was to leave the >> original ("Windows 7") disk untouched, somehow, after I installed >> Debian on the second disk I lost the ability to boot from the >> original Windows 7 disk, even if I set it (via the BIOS config) >> ahead of the "Debian disk" in the boot order; nonetheless, I can >> mount and read the original Windows 7 drive, and AFAICT, its >> contents are still intact. > > If you run: > > # os-prober > (as root) > does it find your Windows installation? > > I get: > /dev/sda1:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain This was very helpful advice. It led me (via Google) to update-grub ...after which the boot-up menu started showing Windows 7 as one of the options. Thank you! kj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cafvqaj6zlj8dhxiyhlhtz4qtoikyi2oensuo+ngza1yfbzt...@mail.gmail.com
